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\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThere was something behind the clouds. Upon close inspection, it was the Moon<\/a>, which was hard to see yesterday around noon above the small village of Cessy<\/a>, France<\/a>. But soon, it was not only the Moon<\/a>. As expected, a bright dot suddenly appeared from behind the Moon – the planet Venus<\/a> far in the distance. Captured in the single featured exposure<\/a>, both appeared to show a crescent<\/a> phase. The Moon’s crescent<\/a> was quite slight – with only about 10 percent of its face illuminated by the Sun<\/a>. In contrast, Venus’s crescent<\/a> was more full – showing about 25 percent illumination. Venus appeared brighter because it is nearer the Sun and because its clouds<\/a> are more reflective than the dark lunar surface<\/a>. An occultation<\/a> of Venus by the Moon<\/a> is visible to only about 10 percent of the Earth<\/a>, but in yesterday’s event even most of that was experiencing daytime<\/a>.<\/p>\n APOD’s main NASA site is moving<\/a>: From apod.nasa.gov<\/a> to science.nasa.gov\/apod<\/a><\/p>\n Tomorrow’s picture: galactic eye\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \/Public Release. This material from the originating organization\/author(s) might be of the point-in-time nature, and edited for clarity, style and length. Mirage.News does not take institutional positions or sides, and all views, positions, and conclusions expressed herein are solely those of the author(s).View in full here<\/a>.<\/p>\n